United Steelworkers of America, Civil Rights Dept. records [archival material]. 1945-1971.

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United Steelworkers of America, Civil Rights Dept. records [archival material]. 1945-1971.

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Records generated by the Civil Rights Department of the United Steelworkers of America, 1945-1971. Primarily concerns activities of the USWA in the civil rights area including its support for the passage of civil rights legislation. Much of the material pertains to the USWA's relationship to labor and civic organizations, and government agencies concerned with civil rights such as the AFL-C10, the NAACP, state Fair Employment Practices commissions, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Other files concern civil rights issues within the steel industry in relation to union members and labor contracts with steel coporations.

36 cubic feet (29 boxes).

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